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redefecting

redefecting is the present participle and gerund of redefect.

Meaning of redefect

Verb

redefect (third-person singular simple present redefects, present participle redefecting, simple past and past participle redefected)

  1. (intransitive) To defect again.
    • Asked if she was surprised when Svetlana redefected, Sinyavsky's wife was quoted as saying "Princesses are always capricious. In every fairy tale."2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 563

Questions about redefecting

What is redefecting the present participle and gerund of?
Redefecting is the present participle and gerund of redefect.

Words near redefecting in the dictionary

  1. redefeated
  2. redefeating
  3. redefeats
  4. redefect
  5. redefected
  6. redefecting
  7. redefection
  8. redefections
  9. redefects
  10. redefend
  11. redefended

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